What do you think about alternative teaching programs?

Since 1980, more than 250,000 people have been licensed to teach through alternative certification routes and thousands of students depend on these teachers to prepare them for higher education, employment, and life. Revision of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) includes competitive federal grants to enable non-government providers to improve the quality of education. This includes $235 million dollars under Title II of ESEA to recruit and train teachers for high need schools through alternative teacher preparation and certification programs-outside a traditional university program. Federal law requires that states and programs receiving Title II funds ensure that teacher candidates have a bachelor's degree and pass state designated certification exams. Alternative preparation and certification programs generally target applicants who already have an undergraduate degree, and streamline the licensure process in order to meet a state's requirements for certification. Alternative programs, for example, may require shorter but more intensive student teaching assignments and more targeted coursework to prepare teacher candidates for the classrooms.

What should be requirements for alternative teacher preparation programs in order to receive a grant from the federal government?